Australia, 28th Oct 1943 John Warren Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Mitford Drive Pattingham The camp was evacuated in February 1945. Shaw Heath The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Cambridge Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Restrictions and conditions apply. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Sgt. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Powell Ave. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Dagenham Ave on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. coal mine. 616337 Henry Dufour WO 311/948 Shooting of two escaping British prisoners of war at Working Camp 4 (making a rifle range), Ostrowo, Poland (attached to Stalag XXI D, Posen), 15 July . D. H. Goffee Town End nr Gleadless Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Plaistow He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. [2], Memorial dedicated to World War II resistance fighters on the site of Stalag VIII-D, Stalag VIII-D / Stalag VIII-B/Z / Stalag VIII-B, Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47, "List of POW Camps ("Kriegsgefangenenlager Liste")", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-D&oldid=1139825211, Kommando E535 - Milwitz Coal mine "Milwitzgrube" SOSNOWITZ - Milowice (Sosnowiec), mainly, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47. Banstead, B H James Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. Saint Road Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Cheshire, 26th April 1944 Permission must be sought for publication. Shortly after the outbreak of war with Germany the 1st South Lancashires and 1st Loyals crossed to France with, respectively, the 4th and 1st Divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Stan Living-Stone That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. New Westminster, BC Darling St E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). Burscough London, 14th Nov 1940 E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. Pine Ave An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. Neepawa South Africa, R W Kinsey Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. forestry department, E578 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, Kreis Gleiwitz, E586 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E587 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czelads Piarski, E593 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen Schonberg, E594 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Ost, E603 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenburg, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest Party nr Hirschfelde, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest party nr Hirschfelde, E62 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz-Steigern, E701 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tichau Czulow (paper factory), E702 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Klimontow coal mine, E707 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz, E711A Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Heydebreck, E714 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blechhammer, Upper Silesia, E715 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Auschwitz, E724 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schwientochlowitz, E725 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Bismark, E727 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mechtal Beuthen. stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. If you have any unwanted The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Hastings St During winter 1944/45, as the Red Army was closing fast, the Germans decided to evacute the camp (which became a transfer point for the prisoners from Auschwitz and other camps) and forced the prisoners into columns of 500 men each. Clarkson St Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Experiences related by Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII/344 Lamsdorf, one of the largest German Prisoner-of-War camps, during the Second World War. This is the Facebook Group of Stalag VIIIB (later renumbered Stalag 344) was one of the largest German prisoner of war camps and was situated at Lamsdorf (now Lambinowce in Poland). Saw Mill Thus a camp within a camp was created. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 The J.H. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Wednesbury Yorkshire, J. Near East Indies, Jim Healey Staines Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Stirlingshire Hythe End The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Commercial use. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Southcliff Park Dandenong Rd cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. Banstead The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. Ross-on-Wye My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Corrections and integrations. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Sgt. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. Stourbridge, F Firman Buitenzorg Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945 Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource IWM HU 47109 1/2 slide 1 to 2 of 2 Description Object description Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Want to find out more about your relative's service? The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Oxford St Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. West Java Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Tpr. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. E. A. Drake POWs regularly bore witness to the atrocities occurring at Monowitz because the SS made no attempt to conceal their brutality; the Allied prisoners routinely saw inmates from the Arbeitslagers being hanged, pushed off buildings, fatally beaten and shot. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. Watery Lane It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w origi. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. Church (My Pilot) The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. London, J E Hall Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Ronald Arnold During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. All the civilian population knew it. Dudley W. Attwood Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. True Heart Inn Avian Road West Bergholt Terrace Rd There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. Nr Wellington Wood A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. Fawdon He told us that the Gaelic speakers in the camp were able to pass information to each other without the Guards knowing what they were saying. Pleasant Harbour A. E. Collins Stalag Luft 6Used for: Stalag Luft 6, Stalag Luft vi, Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug camp, Located in Heydekrug, now Silute, in Lithuania Stalag Luft 6 was the most northerly of the Luftwaffe run prisoner of war camps. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Cameron St. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Canada, 26th April 1944 London, Ont Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 Instead of showers, there was gas. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Join or Log Into Facebook. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. He and mom wrote back and forth for the next ten years and finally got married in Kelowna mom and John then moved to New Zealand. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. IWM collections. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. Stalag VIII-B was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now ambinowice) in Silesia. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). South Africa, Owen L Griggs Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Market Weighton In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. Arcadian Buffet Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 [citation needed]. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommandos) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tsn). please Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. coal mine, E446 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E460 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b building railway bridge, E479 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowitz, E484 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neisse. Dad had one of their recordings. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. Thanks again for the contact. Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Essex, 26th Jul 1942 The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. WO 311/153 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing of British POW 1945 June - 1946 Feb. WO 311/162 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing and ill-treatment of British POWs 1944 May-1947 Apr. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern aga) and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. Jun 2016 Couples. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . Les Chatterton In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish Ministry of Public Security to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Regina, Saskatchewan Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Clacton-on-Sea [3] Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW camp. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The unlucky ones got liberated by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 510: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Germany 1937" does not exist. By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Stalag III B; Stalag IV B; Stalag IV C; Stalag IV F; Stalag VIII A Grlitz; M-Stammlager IX C; Sandbostel (Concentration camp) Stalag XI-A; Stalag XI B; . New South Wales Quebec He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Johnnie Shanks The unlucky ones got "liberated" by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact theMedia Sales & Licensing Team. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. 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